Gauge for trimming hair



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unirse rSTATES LEO B. JASTER,` F TULSA, OKLAHOMA.

GAUGE Fon frenar/LING HAIR.

Application filed April 30, 1923. Serial No. 635,500.

T 0 all whom' t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO B. JAs'rnn, a citizen of the United States,` residing at Tulsa, in the county of Tulsa and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new andy useful Improvements in Gauges for Trimming Hair7 of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements 1n 10 a gauge adapted for use in the trimming or bobbing of childrens hair.

It is an object of the invention to provide a gauge which is so constructed that it will freely adapt itself to heads of various sizes without materially adjusting the parts thereof, and a gauge, which when applied to the head of a child can be firmly held in place during a trimming operation so that the childs hair may be accurately bobbed by a most inexperienced user of the device The invention further comprehends a gauge having flexible strap portions adapted to encircle the head of the child7 which strap portions are so connected that they may be adjusted to permit the hair to be bobbed 1n accordance with various fashions.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred embodiment of the invention. i

In the drawings, Figure l represents the gauge as it has been applied to the head of the user.

Figure 2 illustrates the gauge when it has been tightly drawn against the head of the user; and,

Figure 3 is a detail view of the device.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts, the numeral l designates an. elastic head encircling band which is adapted to pass around the skull of a child and to form a gauge by which the hair is trimmed. This head encircling band is united to a pair of gripping levers 2 and 3 by means of the fastening devices 4f, which gripping elements have downwardly extending handle portions 6 projecting along each side of the child and which portions are grasped by the user of the device when the hair is being bobbed.

I also provide a forehead encircling flexible band 5', which, as shown in the drawings is adapted to fit over the forehead of the child whereby the bangs may be properly bobbed while at the same time thehair at the neck of the child is being trimmed. The band' is united to the upper ends of the gripping levers 2 and 3 and spaced from the point of connection between said levers and the head encircling band l. Both of these bands are pivotally `connected to the levers 2 and 3 so that they may be freely adjusted with respect theretowhereby it is possible to bob or cut a childs hair `in accordance with various fashions which may appeal to the whim of the user. In other words, the head band l can be raised or lowered with respect to the gripping levers 2 and 3 so that the hair may be cut either short or long and the forehead band 5 is likewise adjustable whereby the length of the bangs may be controlled. The ends of the ybands l and 5 are also preferably provided with perforations 7 so that these bands may be lengthened from'time to time to enable the device to accurately fit different sized heads, although the device is so constructed that unless there is a wide variance in the sizes of the childrens heads no adjustment is necessary.

When using the gauge the same is inserted over the head of the user as shown in Figure l with the gripping levers 2 and 3 inclined rearwardly so as to permit the bands l and 5 to easily slip over the head of the user until said bands have been properly adjusted over the hair. The gripping levers are then moved forwardly as shown in Figure 2, this forward action serving to draw the head band 6 forward to tightly grip the hair and at the same time to draw the forehead band 5 rearwardly so that said band also tightly engages the hair. These opposed movements of the bands l and 5 are possib-le because of the separated points of connections between said bands and the gripping levers 2 and 3 thereby permitting the bands to frictionally engage the hair with ysuch a hold as to prevent slipping of the bands 2 and 3 when the hair is being cut beneath them.

vThe gripping .levers at their lower ends are preferably connected with an elastic strap 10, which strap is adapted to be slipped over the chin of the user when saidv levers are drawn forward and when the hair engaging bands l and 5 have been brought in close contact with the hair. This will provide a means for holding the gage on the head of the user during a cutting operation, thus leaving the two hands of the barber free.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim is:

i. A hair bobbing gauge, comprising a head encircling band, a forehead encircling band, a p'air of gripping levers having their lower ends extending substantially below said bands, and a pivotal connection between said `gripping levers and said bands at diiferent vertical positions said gripping levers when moved forwardly causing the head encircling band and the forehead encircling band to be moved in opposite directions and iii'inly engage the hair.

2. A hair trimming gauge comprising a flexible head engaging band, a separate forehead engaging band disposed above said head engaging band and levers to which said bands are connected7 the lower ends of said levers extending substantially below the head engagingband, each bandrbeing independently connected to said levers at different vertical points and being adapted to be brought. into .firm engagement with the hair by movements in opposite directions when said levers are moved forwardly.

3. A hair trimming gauge comprising a head encircling band and an independent forehead encircling band, and a pair of adjusting levers pivotally connected to each band at different vertical posit-ions, and a flexible chinfengaging strap connected with the lower ends of said levers for holding the gauge in adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LEO B. JASTER. 

